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here’s a Popcorn Monkey in Middleburg and for that, we can all thank Deltone Moore –-“please just call me ‘Tone”— for pop, pop popping into town.

Moore, who lives in Manassas, said he’s always enjoyed eating popcorn, even if he also had to share with family members. Even when he had his own home and could hide away in his man cave with his very own bowl, someone would find a way to sneak a handful or three.

“Maybe if I create different flavors of popcorn, I won’t have to share,” Moore said he thought to himself. He had some terrific ideas for unusual flavors and so, about 18 months ago, Moore made his dream a reality with a small shop on Federal Street in Middleburg, producing popcorn in what had been the space once occupied by Mello Out. Moore said the first time he drove out Route 50 he “fell in love with the town,” just like so many who enjoy visiting the wide variety of unique shops, the restaurants and the gorgeous countryside all around.

Being on a back street is a challenging location, but Moore said he believes he has a quality product that will attract popcorn purists far and wide.

With exemplary customer service and some strong word of mouth, his business started… well…popping almost from the start.

Why the Popcorn Monkey?

“When I was a kid, I would go to ball games or the circus with family and friends and I always had a bucket of popcorn,” he said. “Monkeys were often a part of the fun for me at the circus and they represent warm memories while munching on my favorite snack. “ In addition to his shop on Federal Street, Moore also has a booth at the Middleburg Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. And when Salamander Resort & Spa hosted the Middleburg Film Festival last fall, Moore was on site offering complimentary freshly popped bags of popcorn to appreciative audiences all week.

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premises in 100 per cent coconut oil and also uses the mushroom kernel. Mushroom popcorn kernels make firm, round pieces of popcorn. It’s different from butterfly popcorn, which is light and airy, and tends to pop into irregular shapes that will crumble easily. Mushroom popcorn is best suited for making kettle corn and other types of candied popcorn, since its round shape makes it ideal for coating in sugar and syrups. This popcorn is very fresh, and popped daily.

Moore sells regular popcorn in various sizes.

There are nicely portion-controlled bags, colorful tins (including logos of your favorite team) with three different flavors and “oh so cool” piggy banks. The banks on the shelf the day Middleburg Life dropped by were mostly in the shape of a soccer ball, basketball or football.

There’s a wide assortment of both savory and sweet-flavored popcorn to choose from, including the very popular kettle corn, confetti popcorn (green apple, grape, cherry, and blueberry), Disco Monkey with nine ingredients, and the decadently delicious dark chocolate with sea salt. If you buy a tin for $29.99 or $39.99, bring it empty back to the shop and the refill will only cost $15.

Moore also stocks a variety of retro sodas, including root beer and ginger ale. He even offers Italian ices. There are containers of gourmet popcorn kernels to pop at home along with seasonings such as baby back rib, chocolate chip cookie dough and ketchup. For a little heat in your popcorn, there’s a spicy flavor as well.

Also available are roasted Bavarian nuts, glazed almonds and retro candy.

There’s even an old-style popper for sale as well as gift packages for teachers, graduates, and birthdays. Moore also provides his delicious popcorn for corporate events, weddings or any other celebration. For those too busy to stop in the shop, Moore and his staff offer shipping, as well and there’s a website, as well (popcornmonkeyllc.com).

Redskins’ fans also will again find Moore’s product available at FedEx Field this season.

Team owner Daniel Snyder and his wife Tonya once showed up at Moore’s Middleburg shop and obviously liked what they tasted. Moore said Snyder has been extremely supportive of his product. And this month, Moore will open another store at Tysons Corner.

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s a youngster living in Canton, Ohio, Dr. Cindy Dougherty Thompson always thought she wanted to be an artist when she grew up. Her parents eventually convinced her that drawing and painting could be pursued in her spare time, particularly after she showed a remarkable propensity for all things science back in high school and college at Miami (Ohio) University, where she majored in zoology and microbiology.

These days, her art is of a different sort. Her canvas is the human body, and some of the tools of her trade are not pallets and brushes, but rather robotic appendages she controls from a console during some surgeries that now represent cutting edge medicine in the operating room she often occupies at Prince William Hospital in Manassas.

Dr. Dougherty lives just outside Middleburg with her husband, Mark Thompson, and their two daughters, 12-year-old Maura and 10-yearold Maegann. She is a widely-regarded general surgeon with a thriving local practice that also includes surgical privileges at Fauquier Hospital and the new medical facility in Haymarket. Her robotic surgery is performed only at Prince William, and for now, is specifically limited to gall bladder procedures, though robotic hernia surgery is also coming in the not too distant future.

The technology is only about ten years old, though it is also being utilized by other specialists nationwide, particularly on hysterectomies and for prostate and colon problems. In fact, her younger sister, Dr. Lynda Dougherty, who specializes in colon and rectal surgery at Fairfax Hospital, also is employing robotics in her practice. She and Cindy are believed to be the only two sisters performing this type of surgery in the country.

Up until last October, Dr. Dougherty, a graduate of the Medical College of Ohio, was doing her gall bladder operations with what also was once considered state-of-the-art technique— laparoscopic surgery. It involved making four small incisions and obviously all the surgical instruments were in the hands of the skilled practitioner performing the operation.

Now, those same highly-skilled hands are manipulating robotic arms, wrists and fingers through a single incision made through the navel area. The surgeon’s eyes are focused on the picture displayed in high definition and 3D on a monitor as he/she proceeds to identify and fix the problem with the instruments attached to those robotic hands and manipulated by the doctor.

“They (the hands) don’t move until you do,” Dr. Dougherty said. “It can’t do the surgery. It’s a tool that’s designed to make the surgery safer and better. And it does. With 3D and HD, the visualization is incredible, especially with depth perception, and that’s a great safety mechanism.

There are other advantages. With only one incision instead of four, the recovery time is faster, there’s less pain afterward and it’s better cosmetically.”

Dr. Dougherty performed her first robotic gall bladder surgery in October and has done more than a dozen procedures ever since. Before that first operation, she underwent a long, rigorous training process overseen by daVinci Surgery,

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the company that produces the technology she uses. In the last stage, for the first three robotic operations, a surgeon proctor is in the operating room as the “trainee” surgeon performs. The proctor, of course, jumps in and takes over at the first sign of any problem. Not until the “trainee” completes those first three procedures skillfully and successfully are they certified to go solo.

For Dr. Dougherty, there were never any problems.

“The first time I did it, I was very excited about it,” she said. “You know the other person (the proctor) is there, but you really don’t even need them. It’s still gall bladder surgery, just using different tools. Really, it was exciting, not scary.

If I was afraid, I wouldn’t do it. I shouldn’t do it.”

Dr. Dougherty clearly is not much intimidated by anything. As a general surgeon, she handles all manner of cases, from gall bladder to hernia to appendix to breast cancer. And some day, robotics may well be involved in all of them.

This working mother also manages to find time for other pursuits. She’s a volunteer doctor at several local steeplechase meets, including The Gold Cup and Middleburg races, and serves on several committees at Trinity Church in Upperville. She’s always been a horse enthusiast, riding most of her life. In fact, she met her husband via the equestrian route.

Sort of.

During a one-week break in her residency, she went to Ireland to experience foxhunting, even if she’d never tried it before and didn’t even have the proper attire. Some guests at her hotel helped get her all the accoutrements and she had a wonderful time, despite staying in the back of the field and falling off twice.

She was single then, and one night in the hotel pub, she was speaking with one of the Irish riders who had lent her some hunting clothing when she noticed a rather handsome fellow looking at her across the room. He was with another woman that night and she really paid him no mind after awhile. Soon, she had to fly back to Ohio for typical 120-hour weeks as she completed her residency. One day, she got a call from her Irish friend from the hotel bar saying that handsome fellow she’d seen that night—an American who lived in Middleburg—wondered if he could get her phone number.

“That was Mark,” she said.

To make a long story short, they spoke on the phone, and then again and again, and soon Mark Thompson “would mail me something horsy every week. I have a cousin in Vienna (Va.) and came down to visit a few times. I came out to Middleburg and loved it…And we got married in 2001.”

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Elgin has served as the administrative assistant at Banneker for the past 30 years. Prior to that, she was the first secretary at Notre Dame Academy (now Middleburg Academy) serving from 1968-1978 and again in 1981. Smith has taught at Banneker Elementary School for 21 years. She was an itinerant resource teacher for Banneker, Middleburg, and Aldie Elementary Schools before teaching 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades at Banneker.

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hen Treavor Lord interviewed at The Hill School in 1990 for a position to teach seventh grade history and English, Head of School Tom Northrup asked him for a three year commitment to stay.

At first, Lord hesitated.

“I said ‘Tom, two years maybe,” he recalled in a recent interview. “Three years just seemed like a very long time.”

Fast forward to 2014, and how does nearly a quarter century sound? That’s how long Lord has now been at Hill, the last four years as Head of School. Northrup stepped down in 2010 after 29 incredibly productive and innovative years at the JK-8 Middleburg institution founded in 1926. And Lord was clearly the right man in the right place to seamlessly succeed his highlyregarded mentor.

A native of Williamstown, Massachusetts, Lord is an Eagle Scout with a degree in philosophy from St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. His college days at the small, liberal arts school made him particularly appreciative of “the value of the relationships you have with your teachers.”

After graduating in 1989, he took a year off and headed to Oregon for skiing, mountain biking, and house painting before deciding that he definitely wanted to teach, preferably English at a New England boarding school. That led to a summer at the Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, where he taught English and creative writing and coached sailing. He was 22, living in a dormitory and also applying for fulltime teaching jobs.

In April, 1990, Lord got a call from Northrup about an opening at Hill. He was curious, even if it wasn’t a boarding school, and decided to combine a trip to visit the school and see his brother Steven, then in the military and stationed in Northern Virginia.

“I came down to Hill and just loved it,” said Lord, who eventually did make that commitment to Northrup. Over his first five years, he spent the school year in Virginia and summers teaching and coaching at Tabor.

“I learned that I really liked K-8, working with children that age,” he said. “Part of what drew me here is that I really could be a big part of the students’ lives. Working with younger children has a more powerful effect, a bigger impact, and one that has a meaningful impact on their adult lives.”

When he gave up summers at Tabor in 1994, Lord spent those months earning a Masters in Education at The University of Virginia. And before succeeding Northrup, he served 14 years as Associate Head of School, while also continuing to teach.

Once Northrup made it known he wanted to step down, the school spent nearly two years in a national search for his replacement, hiring two major educational consulting firms. Both concluded that Hill already had the right man Treavor Lord - in place, a position Hill’s Board of Trustees enthusiastically endorsed.

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“I said ‘Tom, two years maybe,’ three years just seemed like a very long time.”

Treavor Lord is a frequent and enthusiastic supporter of all activities at The Hill School

easy process for Treavor. It was an exhausting process, and he rose to the top.

“I think he’s simply fantastic. He has an incredible appreciation and understanding of children. He is remarkably disciplined, and he never gets flustered. He plots a course and moves forward. I’ve been involved in many educational institutions, and he’s the finest Head of School I’ve ever seen.”

Northrup was equally effusive. He said what initially impressed him back in 1990 was Lord’s “intelligence and his character. You’re always looking for character, work ethic, the ability to work with children and parents, and fairness.

He had all those qualities. He’s always been the first person in the building and the last one to leave.

“And there is no one you’d rather have your child deal with on a disciplinary matter. He’s very fair, very thorough. His approach is that this is not a bad child, they just made a bad decision. He works with the child and the family to make it a learning experience, and not punitive. He has a good sense of humor and great equanimity. He’s so steady, a very important characteristic in this line of work.”

Northrup, who also embodied all of the above traits, remains a major presence at Hill.

He now focuses on development and remains available to Lord as a valuable sounding board and a good friend. When Lord succeeded him, Northrup took an extended four-month sabbatical, leading to a smooth transition and allowing Lord to make his presence felt as the man now in charge.

“It was not Tom retiring,” Lord said. “He was just going to another phase. He can help the school in ways that no one else can. When Tom took the sabbatical, it was a chance for him to take time off and really have a meaningful break. It gave me a chance to establish myself as a presence at the school.

“Because I had grown into a leadership position over time, it was very smooth. The community was overwhelmingly supportive. I was most worried about being the public face of the school. Tom was always very comfortable with that. I was concerned, but it turned out not to be as tough as I thought.

“Over and over we hear from people that despite all the new buildings, the school feels

the same as it always did,” Lord said. “Many of the teachers remain the same. Hill has always felt more residential than institutional, and we’re like a home. We want children to be comfortable here. That’s the best environment to learn.

“My primary responsibility is maintaining the traditions that have made this school great, and working hand-in-hand with parents and teachers so that 240 students have the kind of experience we want them to have.”

Lord still teaches middle school math labs and eighth grade grammar, the better to “keep in touch with the students. I also sit in on a lot of parent-teacher conferences. To me, attention to detail is so important.”

Asked about other goals, Lord spoke about continuing to ensure each student participates fully in the Hill School program. “That includes a strong academic program, as well as classes in art, music, drama, and athletics. Also ensuring that we use our 137-acre campus to its fullest potential and that we incorporate technology to strengthen and support our teachers – not take the place of them. Ultimately our goal is to help children grow strong and happy. To reach that goal we must provide the tools and resources for children to be successful.”

He would also like to expand housing opportunities for the faculty. The school now owns 14 homes around Middleburg and he’d like to increase that to 20. “We know we want the faculty to be physically part of the community and the ability to provide affordable housing is important,” said Lord, who lives in a school home in the village.

“Our faculty is extremely stable. This is important because it allows us to focus on the children, the program, and the environment which ultimately creates the sense of community that is vitally important for students to learn. With that said, when we do have significant positions to fill, it allows us to bring in new people, new energy and new ideas. We consistently are able to hire teachers with the skill sets we need, and with a love for working with children. For us, this is an essential consideration.

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ess County, N.Y. Their huntsman was friendly with his counterpart in the Potomac (Md.) Hunt, and they arranged for Rombout’s riders to hunt in Maryland and Virginia.

“The first hunt (in Middleburg), we’re unloading the horses, there’s maybe 25 people going out and I look over and there’s Jackie Kennedy getting ready,” Davis said. “For the next week, I had a ball, I hunted with Orange County, Piedmont and it was love at first bite.

I couldn’t wait to come back.”

Davis had known long-time Middleburg resident and fellow fox-hunter Zohar Ben-Dov when both worked in New York, and Ben-Dov and his wife Lisa “were so gracious to me when I came down to visit.” The next year, he sent his horse down, then rented a house in Middleburg for two years before buying the farm in 1994.

“The whole time I’ve been here, I never saw a skinny horse,” Davis said. “I never saw so much pasture. The horses are all beautiful, the land is magnificent, and people really embraced me. Tying the knot with Teresa at the farm was the culmination of this wonderful life, and now I’m thrilled to go on to a new phase with a terrific lady who’s been there for me through thick and thin.”

His best description of Middleburg?

He smiled and quoted Snaffles, a wellknown English equine artist, who once wrote “if there is a heaven on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this.”

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arry Davis still can remember getting on a neighbor’s pony when he was only four years old and instantly falling in love with riding horses. He also can recall growing up in Forest Hills, N.Y. and taking the subway as a youngster every year to attend the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

“We’d always sit in a section just to the left of the in-gate,” Davis said.

“And you’d look across the way and see all these fancy people dressed up in their tails and their colors. Very snazzy. I’d buy a program and I distinctly remember reading the names of the riders and where they came from. It was Middleburg, The Plains, Upperville. That always stuck with me.”

Almost a half-century later, Davis eventually purchased a fabulous farm only a ten-minute drive from Middleburg. For most of the last 20 years, he regularly went out with the Orange County Hounds and said, “I truly had the time of my life. I really did.”

And now, he’s entering a different chapter… He’s put away his saddles and tack, found good homes for his horses and last month married Teresa Mandarini, a Boston native, “I’ve known since she was a kid,” Davis said. The farm has been sold to Middleburg businessman Tom Wiseman, and later this month, Davis and his bride will be splitting time between homes in South Florida and Peabody, Mass.

Larry Davis has a legion of friends here and said he and Teresa plan to be back for frequent visits to an area he adored since the first time he came to Virginia’s hunt country in the early 1990s. At the time, he was living on Long Island and running the business he started, Davis Optical, now the third largest managed care vision company in the country.

He’d also been riding all his life. From that first pony, there were teenage lessons at the Forest Hills Riding Academy, horseback jaunts through Central Park, even rodeo roping and riding after college at what is now Colorado State. At that point, he said his beloved grandmother, Ethel Ueberall, told him “I had to stop playing cowboys and Indians.”

He came back east, finished optician’s school in Buffalo and went to work for his stepfather, Al Davis, in the optical business in New York, then grew his own company into an industry behemoth.

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“I was shy about it at first, it was intimidating,” she said. “My son, Javier, who was 12 at the time and helping me, would say, ‘have a little faith mom.’ I will always remember that, how he encouraged me in the beginning.”

That was back in 2008 when she first showed up at the Middleburg Farmers Market with just a small table and a basket. Six years later, her delicious chips and salsas are selling better than ever and Inestroza has turned her little venture into a finely-tuned family business.

The process hasn’t been without its ups and downs. The first batches of chips, salsa and black bean dip were made in her home in The Plains, but as demand grew, she quickly needed a commercial grade kitchen, one with a large hood and sprinkler system for frying chips.

Finding the right space has been the biggest challenge to growing her business. She’s close to home now in an ideal location that was formerly used by an artisan bread-maker, but along the way “Betty’s Homemade Chips and Salsa” operated out of Buchanan Hall’s kitchen in Upperville and a food truck in Remington.

Throughout, the products have maintained their homemade quality and become a local favorite.

How did the idea of selling chips and salsa come about and where did those fabulous recipes come from?

Valentine’s Day had a lot to do with it, the Latin American version, that is. Inestroza, whose family is originally from Honduras, is a single mother of two--Javier, now 18, and Ricardo, 11—and both grew up in Middleburg.

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sion for cooking, Inestroza enjoyed creating Valentine’s treats for her boys--tortillas shaped like hearts with toppings made from family recipes.

One day, she volunteered to bring them in for the children’s classmates at Middleburg Elementary and the response was overwhelming. At that point, she was encouraged to market her recipes.

All she needed was the proper packaging.

Enter the late Mark Smith, the former coowner of Lost Mountain Graphics who had been tutoring Javier at the time and was impressed with Inestroza’s entrepreneurial instincts. He offered his services to create the labels for the products. The vintage look was perfect and a logo was born. Soon she was setting her sights beyond just Middleburg’s Farmers Market.

Striking a balance between production and demand is another major challenge. Aside from her chips, her products are made with only fresh ingredients and stores purchase just what they can sell in a few days. The majority of sales come from the farmers markets.

The business is not yet a full time endeavor and Inestroza also has a day job, so the number and choice of markets is essential. She operates out of markets that are a mix of Saturday versus Sunday, seasonal versus year round, and all within reasonable distance. She offers true customer service when she says to contact her directly if you can’t get what you want, when

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Ricardo spends three hours each week labeling containers and Javier handles the chips—the bagging, weighing and labeling. He also delivers to the stores and sells at Bethesda’s Central Farm Market on Sundays. His aunt, Carol Caballero, a long-time fixture at The Upper Crust, also suggested the weekly surplus go to Middleburg’s Fire Department. She now helps by delivering it.

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“I think we’ve done a lot to help the town and bring people in. But they’re not going to come if you just sit around. You need to present yourself, and that’s what we’ve tried to do….We’ve improved old events and added new events.

We’re doing things that get the whole community involved.”

The opening of the Salamander Resort & Spa last August has provided a boost, Lee added.

“Everyone seems to be getting a little piece of that business,” she said. “They go in, register, park their cars and then walk back to town. I’ve had people come in. I think a majority of the businesses have had good response from their guests. I know the restaurants have.”

The association is now planning to soon start get a young professional offshoot.

“If you have an intern or a young employee, we’re trying to get a group going so they can meet other young professionals. It would also be charitable and we’re hoping we can get into some fundraising. Either you live here, or you commute, and if you commute, you really don’t have a tie to the community. We’d like to keep those young professionals here.”

Lee said she and the association are delighted to see such a wide variety of innovative new retail businesses coming to town and offering such diverse inventory.

“Who would have thought we’d have a popcorn, chocolate or olive store?” she said. “I think that speaks to people being very inventive in what they sell. My pitch is always: work together, and the town has gotten so much better about doing that. People do want to help each other.

“It’s a small town. To me, that’s why you’re here. And you can’t be the last one in and try to re-invent the wheel.” n

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t makes perfect sense that Punkin Lee, owner of Journeymen Saddlery on Federal St., is now in the middle of her third term—and fifth year--as president of the Middleburg Business and Professional Association.

After all, she’s a lifelong Middleburg resident.

She’s been in business here since 1977. And, oh yes, her mother, the late Nancy Lee, actually started the organization back in the 1960s and was among the driving forces in starting the town’s now annual marquee event—the Middleburg Christmas Parade.

Currently, there are 97 members, down slightly from 106 a year ago, but with new businesses moving in and more office space available than ever before, those numbers are expected to increase in the very near future.

The membership includes retail shop and restaurant owners, doctors, lawyers, real estate agents and other business professionals, some of whom may even work out of their own homes.

The group meets at various locations around town every month, and Lee said at least 75 members and often more are in attendance for a little business, some socializing and a lot of networking.

“To me that’s a very big advantage,” Lee said of the networking aspect. “You develop a rapport with people. A customer might come in and say they’ve just moved here, and ask who you would recommend for this and for that.

The more people you know around town, the better you can answer those questions.

“If you are in business in a small town, you need to work together. The best way to work together is to get together.”

The association also is active in a number of special events. For the inaugural Middleburg Film Festival last fall, members donated items for so-called “Swag Bags” presented to participants. It is promoting the annual Middleburg Sidewalk Sale to be held August 1-3 and also is sponsoring a “Celebrate The Harvest” event in September, with many restaurants serving local farm to table meals.

“This year, we’re doing it with the Piedmont Environmental Council,” Lee said. “We’ll have meet-the-farm sessions where people can buy a ticket and talk to the farmers about what they do.”

And then of course, there’s that Christmas parade that brings thousands of spectators from all around the Washington area into town.

Nancy Lee, Patty Arwine, Tyler Gore and Cissy Bunn helped organize that first parade, and it’s grown exponentially ever since.

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fter graduating from the University of Mississippi, Sarah Watkins was thinking about staying in Oxford, a classic old-south college town known to many as “The Velvet Ditch” because it’s so easy and pleasant to remain in the same rut in such a cozy, comfortable environment.

But instead of pursuing an MBA degree at Ole Miss, the native of Silver Spring, Md., decided to come back to the Washington area and join the working world, taking a position as an assistant to the chief financial officer of her father’s commercial architectural firm.

She also began grooming dogs on the side, a skill she had learned coming out of high school at a time in her life when she knew she wasn’t quite ready to immediately commit to college.

And so, she enrolled in a training program at the Maryland School of Dog Grooming, then took over the home-service grooming business of a family friend who was ready to retire.

Watkins had a formidable client list and continued the business for several years. Finally, she decided to head to Mississippi with a boyfriend and a goal—to earn a degree. The boyfriend didn’t work out, but she did graduate after majoring in finance with a minor in economics, and then she ditched The Velvet Ditch to come back home.

These days she lives and works in Middleburg, a town she visited a few years ago. Watkins, who competed in three-day event riding, had always liked the area. But as she walked up and down the local sidewalks, she definitely didn’t like what she was seeing in the dog population.

Plainly put, she said, “I saw a lot of unkempt dogs,” in need of shampoos, haircuts and claw trimming, among other grooming essentials.

And so, armed with some savings, a little family help and lots of major sweat equity on her part, in April, 2012 she opened the Studio Grooming Salon on Federal St. “Now, a lot of those dogs are looking pretty good,” she beamed the other day. “And we keep getting busier and busier.”

With a limited budget in the beginning, Watkins counted on word of mouth to draw new clients. It also helped to have the Tack Box next door. Many of those customers had to walk by the studio, and more than a few started to bring their animals in for a poof and maybe so much more.

These days, business is quite good, with the potential to get a lot better. Watkins recently was the recipient of a $15,000 Economic Development Microenterprise grant awarded by the Piedmont Community Foundation (PCF), with offices in Middleburg and Leesburg. It’s a new program initiated this spring to help support

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local start-up businesses with seed money and mentoring from experienced local business professionals.

Two other area businesses also received grants. Above Green, a small Middleburg firm run by Nelina Loiselle and Vincent Bataeol that offers consulting services for national corporations and the military, was awarded $10,000.

And Smooth Ride Auto Repair in South Riding, owned and operated by Renato Sanchez, received a $5,000 grant.

The funds for the grants were donated by local businesses and individuals in the area specifically for local economic development, and the PCF hopes this is just the beginning for a program PCF executive director Amy Owen said “can do so much good for the community.”

The inspiration came from Ben Wegdam of Marshall, a PCF board member who owns Crème de la Creme and Lou Lou in Middleburg, with a total of 23 stores of the same names up and down the east coast. There were 11 initial applicants, whittled to seven interviewed by a PCF review committee before the final three were chosen for the grants.

Owen said Watkins clearly impressed the committee with her business plan and her attitude. “They were increasingly attracted to her because of her entire investment,” she added.

“Not just financial, but her heart and soul. She was spending a tremendous amount of time and

effort, and those are the kinds of businesses that make it.”

Wegdam said Watkins “was the most prepared of the 11 candidates. She had a business model, her numbers were in order and most of all she was extremely passionate about the business. You could feel that passion for what she wanted to do. She’s a hard worker and has something good going that Middleburg needs. She’s very energetic, and very open to suggestions.”

Wegdam is mentoring Watkins and, said Owen, “I think she’s enjoying that more than anything. There is nothing like hearing pearls of wisdom from someone who has had experience in doing what she’s trying to do.”

Said Watkins, “during my initial interview, the committee had some ideas for me. They suggested I start a pick-up and delivery service, and that the storefront needed more street presence to attract people. For a small business owner who is new with it, it’s very comforting to hear ‘it’s going to be okay, let me help you.’ That handholding is really nice.

“Sometimes you don’t know which way to go. You need real nitty-gritty advice from someone who has no stake in it. They want to see you succeed.”

Initially, Watkins admitted she was mostly thinking small, focusing on the Middleburg salon. But in the next ten years, she said she’d like to expand to other markets in the Washington area, perhaps Leesburg, Reston, Great Falls and Montgomery County in Maryland.

Wegdam, she added, “is giving us the motivation to think bigger picture.”

The picture is improving all the time for Watkins, who estimates she and her staff handle between six and 16 dogs a day, mostly by appointment though walk-ins are also welcome if a groomer is available. The $15,000 grant will be used mainly for advertising and marketing, especially to nearby high-density areas like South Riding off Route 50 or Dominion Valley off Route 15.

“We’ve already developed a pitch,” Watkins said. “We’re in this wonderful historic town, so drop off your dog, go have lunch, do some shopping and in two hours, your dog will be done and will look beautiful.”

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apartment where the Secret Service was accommodated. There is even a bomb shelter, installed as a security measure during President Kennedy’s occupancy.

An exceptional history coupled with a lovely equestrian estate, with convenient access to Middleburg. It’s a stunning opportunity.

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Address: Wexford estate, near Middleburg.

Listed at: $7,950,000 by Patricia Burns, Middleburg Real Estate (540) 454-6723.

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The iconic piece of American (and local) history is also a perfect retreat suitable for not only history buffs, but for anyone wanting a place to escape from the city to enjoy a more relaxing country lifestyle. It is located in the prestigious Orange County Hunt territory and surrounded by other large farms and estates in a private setting.

The ranch-style home has 9-foot ceilings, walls of windows overlooking the views, four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, JFK’s library (designed by the president himself) with a raised-hearth fireplace, a large family room perfect for entertaining, kitchen, dining room and large foyer.

All rooms of the main house have doors leading to a stone patio along the back of the house, perfect for viewing magnificent sunsets over the spring fed fishing pond and Blue Ridge Mountains. Other dependencies include a swimming pool with outdoor kitchen and flagstone patios surrounded by fieldstone walls, as well as a tennis court.

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Wexford was completed in May of 1963, making it the only residence designed, built and lived in by an American president during his term of office. The Kennedys named their home for the birthplace of JFK’s ancestors, County Wexford, Ireland.

Sadly, it was here that Mrs. Kennedy made the final decision that she and the president would go to Dallas to begin the 1964 campaign.

Years later, Ronald Reagan leased Wexford during his fall 1980 presidential campaign as he prepared for his debates against President Carter. The governor of Texas, a Reagan supporter, owned the property at the time, while U.S. Sen. John Warner and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, owned a farm adjacent to Wexford and visited frequently, as did notables like George H.W. Bush, Dr. Henry Kissinger and Gen. Alexander Haig.

Wexford is located in a private setting just 2.9 miles outside the Middleburg, The property now includes four separately deeded parcels totaling 166 acres, with potential for conservation easement tax credits.

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ur featured property this month offers the opportunity to own a Hunt Country estate with unparalleled historic provenance.

For the first time in almost a quarter of a century, Wexford – the iconic home of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy – has come to market. The historic retreat is set amid rolling hills overlooking a pond and stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Designed for comfort and convenience, the home’s historic provenance is an added bonus.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $7,950,000 by Patricia Burns of Middleburg Real Estate.

In September 1962, the President and Mrs. Kennedy purchased a beautiful, 39acre parcel of land just outside Middleburg.

Jacqueline Kennedy sketched the plan of the fieldstone-and-stucco house, one that was to become their personal family retreat as the place to get away from the pressures of the presidency.

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Comparable to exquisite Kentucky Horse Farms, the gently rolling fields are lined with white board fencing. Features include a gracious 6 bedroom manor home, pool with house, 8 barns, large machine shop, 2 ponds, 9 tenant homes and at one of the entrances, the owner’s handsome office inclusive of conference and impressive trophy room. $7,500,000

Custom Built English style stone/stucco 3-story home s4 Bedrooms, Large Master, In-law suite with separate entrance sSlate Roof, Game Room, Theatre, Study, Custom Kitchen, 4 Stone Fireplaces sExtensive Horse Facilities s18 Stall Barn s2 Stall Barn s14 Paddocks sLarge Ring. $6,500,000

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A lovely 4 bedroom, 6 bath home on over 17 acres in a great location, minutes to Middleburg & The Plains. Gourmet kitchen with 60'' Vulcan Range, pizza oven, Star grill, beautiful cherry floors, high ceilings, flowing floor plan, attached 3 car garage and much more. Orange County Hunt territory. $2,500,000

Overlooking a serene pond, this magnificent European style manor home is on 115 acres surrounded by thousands of protected acres and the Bull Run Mountains.

Custom built in 2001 using Olde World craftsmanship and materials this stunning home offers five bedrooms, 6 baths, 10’ ceilings, wide plank flooring, pool and geo thermal heating and cooling. $2,395,000

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Stunning restoration and addition of c.1860’s Virginia Manor Home, yielding approximately 8,000 sq. ft. of beautiful living space. Reclaimed heart pine flooring throughout the main and upper level of home, grand kitchen, 5 bedrooms. Numerous outbuildings including a spacious tasting room/party room.

Currently the 7 acres of vines are leased to another vineyard.

Land in Open Space Easement. $1,750,000

18 acres in the heart of OCH Territory with a lovely 5.5 Bedroom Italianate Style home in a beautiful setting. Formal and informal spaces, high ceilings, wonderful kitchen, expansive rec room, full basement, private pool, extensive landscaping and more. Property is in a VOF Open-Space easement. $1,695,000

A stunning 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath stucco home on 13.77 acres in prime location on a quiet lane only minutes to Middleburg.

Exceptional quality and attention to detail throughout this lovely home. Mostly open with fencing, 3 stall barn, detached 1 car garage and more. Burrland Lane, Orange County Hunt Territory. $1,650,000

Located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the farm is beautifully sited so that the views are enjoyed from many of the spacious rooms and porches. Wonderful finishes, vaulted ceilings, stone fireplace, reclaimed flooring, first floor owner’s suite, finished lower level incl. second kitchen, pool. Fenced paddocks, 3 stall barn and, wonderful views! $1,650,000

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POTTS MILL - on 137+ acres with frontage on Little River, Open Space Easement, rolling fields with mature hardwood forest, Orange County Hunt Territory, great ride out, very private, within 5 miles of the village of Middleburg, views in all directions. $18,500/Acre

SPRINGS ROAD - Sought after Springs Road location.

Spectacular, verdant 182 acres with Rappahannock River frontage and pond. Beautifully protected views of the mountains, charming 3 bedroom, 1 bath cottage with living room, library/study, kitchen and breakfast room.

Access road to be shared. $3,640,000

RECTORTOWN: 107.76 acres Spectacular views from this highly desirable estate location within the Orange County Hunt Territory. Board fenced with frontage on Atoka Road and Rectortown Road. Stocked, approx. 4 acre, pond w/island, spring fed from tributary of Goose Creek. Open Space Easement allows for building of main dwelling, garage or barn with apt. and appropriate farm structures. Zoned RA. $1,250,000

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Longwood Farm ~ 624 acres with an exceptional Broodmare Barn built in 2003 with 32 stalls, a lovely 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Tenant House, another 2Bedroom Tenant House, 3 run-in sheds and hay barn. This is part of Spring Hill Farm. $5,029,563

Stunning and recent restoration by owner/designer of c.1825 Church and Meeting Hall, now leased to an Antique Shoppe and Design Center. Zoned "Commercial Village" and "Village" in the heart of Virginia's wine and horse country. Both buildings sit within the front half of the .84 Acre parcel w/the remainder in lawn w/mature trees & lovely mountain views. $885,000

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18+ acres of mostly open and rolling land with the home sited perfectly with vast views from both front and back overlooking the pond, gardens and front fields. Cathedral ceilings, Master on the main floor, huge library/living room, private guest rooms, apartment on lower level w/own kitchen/entrance, sprawling deck w/awning. Perfect location ~ OCH territory ~ VOF conservation easement. $2,195,000

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Expanded through the years, Takaro has wonderful entertaining areas both inside and out, many overlooking the pool. Two separate suites are wonderful for guests or home office. A dramatic main level apt. is attached to the handsome 7 stall barn. This 14.73 acre property offers a carriage barn, air conditioned dog house, paddocks and pond. $1,550,000

53+ acres of beautiful, open and gently rolling land with expansive views of the countryside and distant mountains. Located in the coveted Orange County Hunt Territory of Fauquier County, this land provides exceptional ride-out potential. A home-site has been studied including and engineers report verifying a site for a 5 Bedroom septic, well and potential pond site.

Open space easement, land cannot be divided. $1,400,000

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Beautifully remodeled and absolutely charming home in move-in condition, minutes west of Middleburg. One level living with kitchen, living room, dining room and 3 bedrooms, 2 baths on upper level. Walk out lower level with stunning family room with fireplace, full bath, office and mudroom. 4.33 Acres including fenced paddock and small barn, ready for your horse. $665,000

Historic and handsome four level, stone residence. One of the original homes of Upperville, late 1700s. Large rooms on the main level, with open kitchen and dining room combination. Current owner replaced the kitchen in 2000, new roof in 2001, replaced the oil furnace in 2011, finished the third level including a full bath, and updated the main level powder room and upper level bath. $599,000

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Magnificent country retreat on 30 acres with incredible privacy & beautiful views. The c.1850 manor home has been graciously expanded into a 7 bedroom home with separate entertaining venue & two-story office w/T-1 capability. Pool, tennis court, gardens, greenhouse, 5 car garage. $3,495,000

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Beautiful 4 bedroom, 5 bath home on over 50 acres with incredible views in all directions. Perfect for horse enthusiasts or great for enjoying country living. Elegant living spaces perfect for parties. Fencing, convertible barn, water features, lush gardens, covered porches and decks for outdoor entertaining and much more. ODH Territory. $1,345,000

Private 65 Acre Estate near historic Middleburg. 3 porches add to the charm of this restored Farm House, c.1830 w/ pool and shared pond. Other features include 4 stall barn w/ guest suite, 4 bay open equipment barn and 2 bay garage.

Beautiful land w/ views, creek, meadows and board fenced pastures w/ spring fed waterers. VOF and PEC Easements do allow for two additional dwellings. $2,395,000

Active Horse training center on 148+ Acres. The facilities include 11 barns with a total of 220 stalls. Each barn has access to 2 paddocks for a total of 22 paddocks. Within the premises are tack rooms, grooms quarters, office, a vet office and 3 bay machine shop. There is a 7/8’s mile race track with a 4 stall starting gate. 3 wells service the property. Convenient to Route 50 and Washington Dulles International Airport. $3,500,000

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The stately 128+ Acre Middleburg Virginia Country Estate offers a genteel lifestyle and majestic views.

Handsome stone and clapboard manor home, 3 additional homes, 2 apartments, farm office, 6 barns, 45 stalls, indoor arena, all beautifully maintained and surrounded by the meticulously groomed grounds.

Generator back up power. $6,000,000

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By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

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here have been so many victories, so many ribbons and so many trophies over so many years that legendary horseman Robert J. (Bobby) Burke, admits he’s hard-pressed to pick out the most memorable moment of his distinguished career.

Still, one of the major highlights surely had to be a late summer evening just a year ago when the Warrenton Horse Show announced that it would be presenting the first Robert J. Burke Perpetual Trophy, given by his daughter Robyn, for “the handler of the best young

Above, Bobby Burke goes out for a morning hack at the horse show in Wellington last winter. At left,The Warrenton Horse Show has always been a favorite for Bobby Burke, shown here on the cover of the prize list in 1988.

he now calls “two of the most important people in my life.”

That early riding life, including show jumping, steeplechase and point-to-point racing, was initially interrupted by the war and military service. Still, Burke grinned impishly as he recalled going AWOL one day to ride in a nearby race when he first arrived at Fort Devens in Massachusetts.

He won the event and his picPhoto by Marshall Hawkins, distributed by Robert McClanahan. ture appeared in the local paper the next day. He was certain all that publicity horse.” would get back to his superiors at the base and As usual, Burke, now 89 and living in get him busted, “but I was lucky, they never Upperville and Charlottesville, will attend the found out and I got away with it.”

Warrenton show (August 27-31), something Burke initially was assigned to the cavalry he’s done on a regular basis—often as a highly- in Fort Riley, Kansas and eventually ended decorated champion rider—over the last eight up serving in a veterinary unit in Luzon and decades.

Manila. His quarters in Manila were at the “It was very big back when I first started, San Miguel beer brewing facility that had one of the biggest hunter shows in the country, been badly damaged by Japanese bombing and it’s still a great show,” Burke said of his runs. But all the cold storage boxes remained initial Warrenton appearances after serving intact, and at one point, Burke was responsible in the U.S. Army in the Philippines during for the storage box assigned to Gen. Douglas World War II. “We had people coming from MacArthur. all around, and I competed there for most of “He always got good food,” Burke recalled. my life.”

When he was mustered out after the war, Named to the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Burke decided he wanted to head to Middlein 2001, and a member of the National Show burg. He had always heard it was one of the Hunter Hall and VHSA Hall, Burke grew up epicenters of the American equestrian world, around horses in his native Medfield, Mass. His even back then, and he wanted to be a part of it. family lived next to the Norfolk Hunt Club, and “I got on a Greyhound bus one day in Mashe soon found himself spending an increasing sachusetts and got off right in front of the Red amount of time taking care of the horses there Fox Inn,” he recalled. “I had $27 in my pocket and riding whenever he could. His mentors and no job, but I knew this was the place to be.” also were two renowned Hall of Fame horseIt did not take long for him to find employmen, Mickey Walsh and Danny Shea, men ment. The late Alex Calvert, the father of cur-

rent Warrenton Horse Show president Helen Wiley, helped place Burke at a farm owned by two colorful sisters, Julia and Judy Shearer.

They owned Meander Farm in Orange and had a number of horses competing in the top horse shows on the circuit.

Burke also recalled that he learned a valuable lesson his first year at the Warrenton show. In addition to his riding duties for the Shearer sisters, Burke also agreed to take on two more horses for a Long Island trucking executive named Donald Sutherland. He won two events for Sutherland at the show, but also lost his job with the Shearer sisters, who apparently were not on good terms with Sutherland.

“I was a little naïve back then,” Burke said.

“I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to do that kind of thing. I was getting ready to go in the ring and Miss Judy came up to me as I was getting on Holy Joe, one of Mr. Sutherland’s horses. She asked me ‘are you working for me?’

I said yes. Then she said, ‘well you’re not any more.’”

Burke went up to Long Island with Sutherland, but that didn’t last very long. His new boss had a contract to provide the trucks and drivers to distribute daily newspapers, and “he wanted me to help deliver the papers,” Burke said. “That’s when I left.”

Burke started his own horse business back in Virginia in the early 1950s and continued his show riding career as well as becoming a fixture in the Virginia hunting field. He had five 3-year-old champions at the Warrenton Horse Show, three champions at Madison Square Garden in New York and in 1957, at the prestigious Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, he took first, second, third and fifth place in the Jumper Division.

After watching him ride in one show, a reporter once wrote that Burke had “hands of velvet and a seat to match.”

Burke also was a long-time fox hunter in the Middleburg area and became good friends with Jacqueline Kennedy long before she married a president.

“She was Jackie Bouvier then and her mother sent her here with her groom,” he said. “At first, I didn’t know who the hell she was. We were out hunting one day and she was behind me in back of the field. Her horse stepped in a hole, and her loose horse came up to me and I went back to look for her. She was dazed pretty bad, but I got her back up and got her home and we became good friends after that.

“When she married Jack, I would get her horses to hunt. She told me once she hated the White House and everything that went with it.

She said in Washington, she didn’t know who she could trust or who really was a friend. But she was just a very sweet person, and okay as a rider, too.”

Burke stopped riding himself in his early 80s because of a back problem, but he still keeps his hand in as an owner of Ain’t Got Time, a race horse that won his second start at Delaware Park last month and is expected to run again during the Saratoga meet over the next few weeks.

“I stayed with the horse business,” he once told an interviewer, “because it just makes my day to get on a horse.”

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Prayers Answered on Celebrated Needlepoint Kneelers Below, all kneelers were finished in LOVE, this one was in memory of Alice Duffey, given and worked by Emily Talbot Sharp The velvet finished needlepoint kneelers are lined up under the pews at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

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he women of Middleburg’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church began an ambitious needlepoint project in 1975 to replace the existing leather kneelers under each of the church benches with memorial needlepoint kneelers.

Over the course of the next 25 years, 127 kneelers were completed, many designed by Emily Talbot Sharp, an artist and long-time art teacher at The Hill School, known to be as colorful a personality as the kneelers she designed.

A small book commemorating the kneelers, “In Celebration: Memorial Needlepoint Kneelers, 1975-2001,” was researched by Lee Lawrence and Roberta Jeffries and is dedicated to Sharp. In addition to designing many of the kneelers, Sharp also worked on more than 25 of the needlepoint designs herself.

Each of the 127 kneelers recognizes well-known members of the community and speaks to the character and personality of the needle-pointers themselves. In a forward to the book, the Rev. Anne Hallmark, Rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, noted that, “In the weaving together of the fabric of our lives, threads of all shapes and colors intersect to create our treasured memories . . . Many places of worship have needlepointed kneeler cushions. None we discovered have such unique designs and stories as those designed and worked for Emmanuel.”

One kneeler entitled, “Medical seal, quail, violets,” was given and

worked by Penny Saffer in memory of her father-in-law, Dr. Delbert Saffer, who had been Middleburg’s town doctor and whose home is now the church’s parish house. Saffer’s father, Reverend E.A. deBordenave, had previously served as pastor at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

“Billy/All things bright and beautiful,” was given and worked by Heather Taylor in memory of her first husband, William H. Leachman, Jr.

“Emily Sharp asked me if I would, and I couldn’t say no,” said Taylor.

“The children were young then, and I enjoyed doing it. What impressed me so much was that several were already done, and they were beautiful.” Years later, Taylor took her young granddaughter Olivia to the church to see the kneelers.

Ann MacLeod was instrumental from the project’s inception, for which she is noted in the book. In addition, MacLeod gave kneelers in memory of her father-in-law, mother-in-law and husband, worked respectively by Louie Strother Dobson, Marian Kelleran and Emily Talbot Sharp.

“The MacLeod Clan had three tartans,” said MacLeod, “Ancient, Dress and Hunting.”

Two of the three are represented by the kneelers. The kneeler in Colin MacLeod, Jr.‘s, memory is set against the hunting tartan and includes the motto, “hold fast.” The other two kneelers, in memory of Colin MacLeod Sr. and Katherine MacLeod, are set against the background of the MacLeod clan’s dress tartan.

“My mother-in-law had been a rug maker and avid needle-pointer,” said MacLeod, “and so we included part of that history by working a needle, thread and thimble into the design.”

Fourteen kneelers were given and worked by Molly Wiley, among them the kneeler designed by Sharp and represented on the book’s cover: a representation of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, including its founding date of 1842.

Many of the kneelers feature birds, fish, flowers and wildlife, including, appropriately, one of church mice.

Others focus on religious subjects, prayers and psalms, saints and angels, Noah’s Ark and the Garden of Eden.

Even those kneelers show a more nontraditional take. In “Shepherd and Sheep,” for instance, a shepherd guards a flock of sheep in shades of orange, pink, blue and lilac.

Among those that more specifically honor the interests of the local community are Fox Hunter in memory of Donald F. MacKenzie, “Foxhounds” in memory of Daniel Sands and “Running Fox” in memory of Charlotte Haxall Noland, founder of Foxcroft.

The latter two were both given and worked by Margaret White.

The roots of needlepoint go back thousands of years, at least as far as the ancient Egyptians, and the bible features numerous references to needlework. In the Middle Ages, there were two types of needlework that became forerunners of modern needlepoint — a kind of embroidery done on coarsely woven linen fabric similar to canvas mesh, and tapestries woven on vertical threads on a loom. Although Western culture tends to link needlepoint to women, it was originally performed by men who spent years mastering their craft.

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118 acres • Main house is stone with slate & copper roof recently expanded to approximately 7,000 square feet • Amazing views • 2 bedroom guest house • 3 bedroom tenant house • 4 stall stable • Heated pool • 4-car garage & 2 ponds

Stone manor house in spectacular setting • 86.81 acres • Highly protected area in prime Piedmont Hunt • Gourmet kitchen • Wonderful detail throughout • 5 BR • 5 BA • 3 half BA • 3 fireplaces, classic pine paneled library • Tenant house • Stable • Riding ring • Heated saltwater pool • Pergola • Full house generator

Solid stone home with copper roof on 70 acres • Original portions dating from the 1700’s • First floor bedroom & 3 additional suites • Original floors • 8 fireplaces • Formal living room • Gourmet kitchen • 2 ponds • Mountain views • Stone walls • Mature gardens • Pool • Primitive log cabin • Piedmont Hunt

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Middleburg, Virginia • $3,300,000

Bluemont, Virginia • $2,650,000

Boyce, Virginia • $1,900,000

3 miles from Middleburg • 49 acres • Elegant 1940's brick colonial home • Stable • Cottage • Apartment • Pool • Tennis court • Mature trees and sweeping lawn to Goose Creek which surrounds most of the property

42 acre equestrian property in Piedmont Hunt • Lovely 5,000 sf home w/ 1st floor master suite • Horse facilities include indoor (150' x 75') and outdoor (200' x 100') arenas • 10 stall stable w/ large apartment • 8 more stalls in shed row • 6 paddocks • Cross country course & 9,800 sf heated Morton Building

Mountain top retreat with 60 mile panoramic views of the Shenandoah Valley • 215 acres • 1/3 pasture • Main house circa 1787 • 3 BR, 1 BA • 2 fireplaces • Random width pine floors • 2 BR, 1 BA guest cottage • Stone & frame barn circa 1787 • Remnants of formal garden • Old cemetery • Spring fed pond • Gazebo

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Helen MacMahon

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October Hill

Stonewood

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Purcellville, Virginia • $1,350,000

Middleburg, Virginia • $995,000

Middleburg, Virginia • $985,000

4 bedroom • 2 1/2 baths • 3 fireplaces • 2 car garage • Main house totally renovated, new kitchen, granite counter tops • Hardwood floors on main level • New carpeting & freshly painted • 55.24 rolling acres • Phenomenal European style stable with 6 stalls, tack, office & apartment • Owner is a licensed broker in Virginia

Charming stucco, log and frame home • 10 acres • 3-4 bedrooms • 3 1/2 baths • 2 fireplaces (one in the kitchen with antique brick floor) • Beautiful reclaimed pine flooring • Bright and sunny family room opens to bluestone terrace • Master bedroom opens to private balcony • 2 car garage • 4 stall barn with tack room with 2 paddocks • 2 recorded lots

Classic Virginia colonial • Circa 1926 • Stone and frame construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths • Hardwood floors • High ceilings • Screened side porch on .65 acre in town • 2-car garage with apartment • Beautiful gardens and rear terrace

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Paul MacMahon

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Paul MacMahon

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Middleburg, Virginia • $950,000

Upperville, Virginia • $749,000

Middleburg, Virginia • $700,000

Quality home in convenient location • Private setting • Much larger than it appears • Expanded and completely renovated • Large 1st floor master suite • Gourmet kitchen w/ Carerra marble • 4 BR & 4 1/2 BA • Hardwood floors • Natural light • French doors • 2 fireplaces & top of the line finishes throughout • Decks for entertaining

Prime Upperville location on 11.43 acres • Piedmont Hunt Country • Surrounded by properties in easement • Contemporary home • Stucco exterior • 3 BR • 2 full & 2 1/2 BA, 2 fireplaces • Spiral staircase leads to 8 stall barn • Tack room & office • Property fenced & cross fenced

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Classic old Middleburg fixture • Zoned C-2 which allows retail, restaurant or personal services • Lovely large front porch and old stone walls - nice visibility one block south of the main street • Extensive plantings, room for expansion and full of charm • Approximately 2,300 sf building on .11 acre lot • Front portion dates from 1870's

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he annual Middleburg migration to Saratoga Springs has already begun, a testament to the staying power of Thoroughbred racing in upstate New York that initially commenced on Aug. 3, 1863 with four days of competition and two races per day. Organized by casino owner John Morrissey, the races were run on a track previously used for harness racing that now has become the Oklahoma Training Track.

Instrumental with Morrissey, as founders of the Saratoga Race Course, were John Hunter and William Travers. The two were partners in Annieswood Stable in Westchester County, N.Y. Hunter became the first chairman of the Jockey Club and Travers, originally from Baltimore, was the first president of the Saratoga Race Course. In 1864, the first Travers Stakes was run. It is the oldest stakes race in America and the inaugural running was won

by Kentucky, Travers’ own horse.

By 1867, there were three races a day and in 1869, racing was extended to seven days.

The Alabama Stakes (for fillies) was initiated in 1872. It is the second oldest race at Saratoga as well as the second oldest stakes race for fillies in the U.S., coming in after the Ladies Handicap, inaugurated in 1868. On Aug. 16, the Alabama purse will be $600,000. At the first running, it was $2,650. In a field of four horses, Woodbine, owned by August Belmont, took home the honors.

It’s no mystery how the Travers got its name, but where did the Alabama Stakes come from? Animosities between North and South still existed, even though the armed conflict had ceased seven years earlier. So how did a race in the state of New York become named for a state in the heart of the Confederacy?

A few years ago, an interesting and impressive riding whip crossed my path. It had a 22- carat gold-fill knob and collar in a Gothic design. The top of the knob is engraved “Pickwick Stake/Spring Meeting/1874.” The side of the knob is engraved in panels alternating with an arabesque floral design “Louisiana/Jockey/ Club.” The collar is engraved “Pickwick Club/ To/ Wm. Cottrill/Winner/Bonaventure.”

William Cottrill immigrated to Mobile, Alabama, from England, in 1841. In Mobile, he started out as a butcher, but also with an interest in horses for racing. He rode in the first hurdle race in America at Bascombe Race Course in Mobile, a track that he would co-own after the Civil War with Sam S. Brown, who inherited a coal mining fortune and later

The whip knob engraved with, “Louisiana / Jockey / Club.”

Top of Cottrill’s whip engraved, “Pickwick Stake / Spring Meeting / 1874.”

was president of the Ohio Railway Company.

Cottrill and Brown also co-owned the horse Buchanan, who won the tenth Kentucky Derby in 1884. Buchanan was ridden by the AfricanAmerican jockey, Isaac Murphy, whose father had served in the Union army.

During the War, Cottrill served as a captain in the cavalry for the Confederacy. Afterwards, he earnestly expanded his racing interests. He owned the Magnolia Stud in Mobile and a farm in Danville, Kentucky and he raced his horses in the north, the east and the south.

In 1871, the Metairie Race Track in New Orleans closed, subsequently becoming the site of the famous cemetery. In 1872, the Fair Grounds Race Course, where General George Arnstrong Custer raced his horse, Frogtown, that same year, opened under the auspices of the Louisiana Jockey Club. The Fairgrounds Course was Cottrill’s epicenter of activity, where he dominated racing into the 1880s. It was at the Fairgrounds that he won the Pickwick Stakes, the race commemorated by the whip. The Pickwick Stakes was sponsored by the secretive Pickwick Club, formed in New Orleans by a group of Mobile gentlemen in

1857.

Back at the Spa, the members of the Saratoga Race Course wanted to honor the well-respected Cottrill, whose efforts had done much towards rejuvenating racing. They suggested naming a race after him. All accounts claim that, because of his modesty, he declined this honor and suggested naming it after his state of Alabama. It seems that it also could have been a very savvy move to soothe residual North-South rancor. That would have indeed been modest--and noble.

Still, there was a Cottrill Stakes somewhere.

The 1882 Kentucky Derby winner, Apollo, a gelding, and the 1885 winner, Joe Cotton, a colt, both won a Cottrill Stakes race as threeyear-olds. But where it was run, I have not yet discovered. Unfortunately, for us today, Cottrill’s modesty has obscured much of his life. n [Richard Hooper is an antiquarian book expert and dealer in Middleburg. He also specializes in art objects related to dogs, horses and equestrian sports. In addition, he does fine woodworking.

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The family gathered for a group photo. (Bottom step) Scott duPont, Sam duPont, (second step) Jiwon duPont, Aeky du Pont, (third step) Ruth Scott, birthday girl Joan Moore and Joanie Rolph. (Fourth step) Ted Parish, Westley duPont, Mimi Parish, Vic duPont, Samantha Courtecuisse (right in front of Vic), (next step) Austin Parish, Pete Sweeney, Mason Rolph, Logan Parish, Sandra Gardner, Turner du Pont, Alex Fiorillo and Connor du Pont.

And here’s the key…Joanie is the mother of Mason; Sam is the father of Scott, step-father of Jiwon, husband of Aeky. Vic is the father of Connor; Mimi and Ted are the parents of Austin and Logan; Sandra is married to Turner and... “Ruth is the little mommy to all,” says Westley.

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hris Edwards can look back now and see that he had something of a penchant for pots and pans and the ingredients that went into them as far back as his pre-school days growing up in Woodbridge.

“My first recipe was for Winnie The Pooh peanut butter balls,” Edwards recalled the other day. Asked to provide that recipe, he laughed and said “I can’t remember. But definitely peanut butter.”

There’s not much Jif or Skippy on the extensive menus he now oversees and the delicious dishes he plans and prepares as the Chef De Cuisine for Salamander Resort & Spa’s various restaurants and other dining options, including 24-hour room service.

At the moment, he’s still working on the culinary game plan for the one-year anniversary of Salamander’s opening, to be celebrated at the resort on the Labor Day Weekend starting Friday, August 29. His efforts will culminate with an “Epicurience Brunch Spectacular” from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 31.

“It’ll probably include some of the things people have really liked over the last year,” he said of the weekend food choices for all the

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resort’s dining options. “I just know it’s going to be a very special weekend.”

Edwards has had a very special place in his heart for the kitchen ever since his childhood days when he visited his nearby grandmother.

They often watched the Food Network together.

“I was always interested in cooking,” said Edwards, who had high school part-time kitchen jobs at Chucky Cheese and Red Robin franchises and several Prince William County pizza places. He was initially torn between pursuing architecture or a cooking career, until whisks and cutting boards became far easier to handle than calculus.

Edwards attended Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, S.C., a school noted for its culinary arts programs, and it soon became apparent he’d made the right decision. He also continued to work in several local restaurants, mostly smaller mom and pop operations, until he landed a job at McCrady’s, a world-famous Charleston eatery.

“I started at the bottom, the cold side, mostly salads, and kept working my way up,” he said.

“It was modern, California-style cooking.

They didn’t want to do the usual low country food. This was modern American and very well-received.”

Edwards moved up the McCrady’s kitchen depth chart to sous chef, but also knew he

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the recipes. It was learn as you go. For me it had a de-mystification effect. I was in the best restaurant in the world, and it was just a restaurant. It wasn’t a science lab. Just a restaurant.”

Edwards left Spain after seven months in 2004 and compiled a list of American chefs he wanted to work for. That included Fabio Trabocchi at Maestro in Tysons Corner where he again clawed up the food chain, this time with a major difference.

“Everything up to that point was like I was in boot camp,” he said. “At Maestro, I was now a starter in the big leagues. There was an expectation of excellence that was clearly defined, and anything less was not acceptable. It required extreme focus, and this is where all the values to become a chef are instilled.

“It was like going to cooking school all over again. We cooked so much from scratch it was unreal. If it called for lemon juice, you squeezed a lemon into a strainer. I was chopping herbs to order…The cooking was so pure, and everything was fresh.”

Maestro closed in 2007, but moved to New York City, in SoHo, with virtually the entire staff re-locating, including Edwards. The new place was called Fiamma and opened to rave reviews, but Edwards wasn’t wild about living in Manhattan and decided to come home. He then served a valuable stint as executive sous chef for the Moon Bay restaurant at National Harbor “where it all came together for me.

“The resort experience, the huge staff, learning the executive and administrative side of being a chef is what I was able to hone,” he said.

“We’re not just cooks. We’re also mediators, motivators and sometimes magicians.”

His last stop before Salamander last August was at Patowmack Farm restaurant in Lovettsville. It was far smaller than Moon Bay and offered pure farm-to-table cuisine. “I was cooking everything,” he said. “We had a pastry chef, and a dishwasher and that was about it.”

Edwards said he also became intrigued when he kept hearing about Salamander and its future plans.

“I had been watching it from afar and I knew I wanted to get back into a larger scale opera-

BIRTHDAY BASH tion,” he said. “I wanted to be part of something big, part of a larger team and have a much greater audience.”

He has all of that and more these days, with responsibility over Harrimans and the Gold Cup dining rooms and a cooking staff of close to 40. Some are in the early stages of their careers and eager to learn from Edwards and his boss, executive chef Sean McKee. “It’s never a done deal,” Edwards said. “We set the bar very high even before we opened and every time we think we’ve reached it, we put it up a few notches higher. There are days when it clicks better than others, but we learn from past mistakes and move forward. That’s the way a team grows.”

Edwards and several staff members also teach weekly cooking classes in the resort’s kitchen studio, complete with two big screen televisions for up close and personal views of food preparation by masters of this culinary universe. Hotel guests and drop-ins from the local area make up the student body for classes that can accommodate as many as 24.

Edwards commutes to the resort from his home in Sterling and yes, he said, he does most of the cooking for himself and his wife Martha.

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Join Salamander Resort & Spa as they celebrate the first year with an event filled Birthday Bash this Labor Day Weekend.

On Friday, August 29, Salamander will feature an evening of Bubbles Under the Stars from 6:30-9:30 p.m. – a night filled with bottomless sparkling wine and birthday sweets to celebrate the resort’s first year. Tickets are $30 per person.

The following day, Saturday, August 30, there will be resort activities all day including Carriage Rides, an Ice Cream Social, and a Middleburg Scavenger Hunt and will feature a special birthday price of $123 per tour on the new, Tree Top Zip Tour by Empower. The evening winds down with a Family Movie on the Grand Lawn beginning at 8:30 p.m.

The birthday weekend culminates on Sunday, August 31 with the Epicurience Brunch Spectacular from 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. set amid the resort’s surroundings. Guests will enjoy a myriad of culinary selections, including bountiful breakfast choices, carving stations, a crawfish boil and decadent desserts.

Listen to live music while drinking bottomless mimosas, tasting Virginia wines, chatting with local vintners, and playing classic family games like giant Jenga and many more. Tickets are $75 per adult and $18 per child.

In anticipation for the one year anniversary, Salamander Resort & Spa is also giving away a Grand Birthday Getaway to one lucky winner valued at $11,111. Everyone in its email database as of Sunday, August 31 will automatically be entered to win the ultimate birthday getaway for two that includes a two-night stay in the Owner’s Suite, a three-hour private session with Food Network Winner and Pastry Chef Jason Reaves, a horse-drawn carriage ride around the 340-acre property, an 80-minute spa and rasul treatment, a 10-course, delicious tasting menu, a Tree Top Zip Tour and a private EquiSpective experience.

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needed to enhance his repertoire. And so, he followed the same path of so many budding young chefs, heading to Europe for what is known as a stage (pronounced stodge).

That involved finding a top-notch restaurant and serving an unpaid internship from six months to a year. Because he spoke Spanish, Edwards thought Spain would be a fine fit, and set his sights on working for world-renowned Chef Ferran Adria at the El Bulli restaurant in Cala Montjoi, 90 minutes from Barcelona.

The restaurant, on hiatus since 2011 but soon expected to re-open, annually received about 5,000 applications for 28 stage openings.

Edwards designed his own application press kit, written in Spanish, and sent it out three different times. He also applied three more times online. One day, an e-mail came telling him he’d been rejected. The very next day, a real letter arrived at his home informing him he’d actually gotten the job.

“I took the letter and headed to Spain,” he said. “I was the only American. The restaurant served about 50 people a night, and between the 28 stages and their regular staff, there were about 45 cooks. The food was so creative. He would take a classic dish and turn it upside down. He would make a gazpacho, a cold tomato soup, and turn it into a jell. The textures and the temperatures were all flipped. You’d look at that gazpacho and say ‘no way,’ then put it in your mouth and say ‘Wow!’ He would use liquid nitrogen; they call it molecular gastronomy, and it was incredible.”

So, apparently, was Chef Adria, who Edwards described as “eccentric in some of his habits. If there was a drop of water on the floor, he’d lose his mind. You’d hear people screaming ‘moppa, moppa.’ If you’ve ever seen the sport of curling, that’s what it looked like, everyone with a mop trying to get rid of the water.”

There was plenty of other grunt work— shucking oysters, taking fur off rabbits, defeathering birds—and no particular formal training.

“You’re thrown into it,” he said. “Just show up and see what happens. They’d give you the materials and some of the techniques. We’d get

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When the dandelions bloom in springtime I hope you will think of me and trust that I am riding the wind on the seeds that it sets free When you see the glorious yellow in the lawns they so fast fill I hope that they remind you That I am smiling still When they stand tall and delicate, And flowers start to go I hope you will spend some time To sit a spell, and blow.

For that is how I want you To celebrate my memory Cherish a moment of childhood and remember happy me.

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t’s no easy task to deal with a devastating personal loss--the death of a beautiful, healthy young child--and use it to help others avoid the same tragedy, but Brenda Klepper of Berryville is doing just that.

Less than three months ago, Amberlynn Cross, Klepper’s great granddaughter, was playing outside at the home of friends of her parents, Emily and Michael Cross, also of Berryville. She was just a few days shy of her second birthday.

“Amberlynn loved to play in the dandelions and try to blow them,” Klepper said.

“But then she would become frustrated and end up wildly shaking them in her hands so that the seeds would blow. She was playing in the dandelions the day she got bit by the tick.”

Her parents found the tick later in the day and removed it. Five days later, on May 15, Amberlynn had developed a rash and a 105-degree fever and was taken to her pediatrician. Although the physician was informed about the rash and the tick, he diagnosed Amberlynn with a viral illness and advised her parents to take her home and keep an eye on her temperature.

Amberlynn’s condition worsened within days and she was transported from Winchester Medical Center to INOVA Children’s Hospital and then to Children’s

National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. On May 22, she was taken off life support and passed away a few hours later.

Her parents were informed a day later that Amberlynn had tested positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), and that the cause of her death had been septic shock and multi-system organ failure.

“This is the kind of thing you hear about,” Klepper said. “But you never think will happen to you or your family.”

Despite its name, RMSF has been reported throughout most of the continental United States, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Several years ago, the Virginia legislature had adopted a resolution proclaiming May to be “Lyme Disease Awareness Month” in recognition of the increasingly critical issue of tick-borne illnesses.

Klepper is now spreading the word about the dangers of ticks and RMSF.

“I would not want to see another child or their parents and family suffer the devastating effects of this disease,” she said. “I have spent all summer watching the dandelions invade our lawn and I don’t think we will ever be able to look at them as just an old weed again.”

Shortly after Amberlynn’s death, Klepper began distributing flyers at MedExpress, Urgent Care and Winchester Medical Center’s emergency department, warning parents that if their child had symptoms similar to Amberlynn’s, they should request imme-

diate antibiotic treatment rather than waiting for laboratory confirmation.

RMSF may resemble other infectious and non-infections conditions in its early stages according to the CDC, and can be difficult to diagnose even for physicians familiar with the disease. The report states that a delayed diagnosis and delayed treatment is associated with a substantially greater risk for a fatal outcome and that “treatment never should be delayed pending a laboratory diagnosis.”

The primary carrier of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in this region is the dog tick. According to information provided by the National Capital Lyme and TickBorne Disease Association, symptoms can begin “2-14 days after the tick bite, with a sudden onset of fever and symptoms that may include headache, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain . . . A red, spotted rash may appear two to five days after illness onset. The rash begins on the wrists and ankles and spreads quickly to the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and to the rest of the body.”

On Aug. 20, Klepper will share Amberlynn’s story at the National Capital Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Association program at Blandy Arboretum in Boyce. More information about the program can be found at www.natcaplyme.org or www.loudounlyme. org. n

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• Remove the giblets and neck from the cavity, rinse the ducks with cold water inside and out and pat dry with a paper towel.

• Salt and pepper inside and out.

• Pierce the duck skin and fat with a

sharp knife – being careful not to cut into the flesh. Do this by inserting the knife on the diagonal, making several dozen slits.

• Stuff the cavities with half of the

bunch of mixed herbs, reserve some for presentation.

• Place the ducks on a rack in a large roasting pan.

• Roast for the first two hours breast side up.

• After two hours, take the ducks out of the oven and flip them over and back in the oven for another two hours.

• On hour four, take the ducks out of the oven, and flip them back to breast side up and increase the temperature to 350 degrees and continue roasting for the last hour.

• At hour five take the ducks out and hold them on a platter at room temperature, remove the herbs from the cavities.

They’ve done their job but they won’t look so great.

• In the duck fat in the roasting pan, add the little potatoes and toss to coat – salt and pepper to taste.

• Put the potatoes in the oven at 350

degrees for about 45 minutes and roast until tender.

• With a slotted spoon, put the potatoes on the platter with the ducks and put it

in the oven which has been turned off, just to warm them back up.

• Just before serving, stuff the cavities with the remaining fresh herbs • Slice, pull apart the ducks and crispy skin and serve on top of the dressed salad with the roasted potatoes and the five spice plum sauce.

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World Equestrian Games A Preparatory Trials ll the parts came together in a smooth and lovely gathering at Great Meadow over in The Plains recently for the preparation trials for the Land Rover U.S. Three Day eventing team set to compete in the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Eleven riders and horses completed Olympic gold medalist David O’Connor’s cross country course. More than 3,500 spectators from throughout the United States came to watch the intricate test of dressage as well as show jumping phase. The competition was a stepping-stone for American horses and riders to prepare for next month’s World Championships in Normandy, France.

“This was about how you prepare the horses in the best possible way,” said O’Connor. “The point is that they are building for France.”

By the end of the weekend a list of squad members and alternates was revealed, beginning with the weekend’s winner: Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Bruce Duchossois’ Mighty Nice. Other locals named included: Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains) and Jacqueline Mars’ Harbour Pilot and Lynn Symansky (Middleburg) and her own Donner.

“It was a great chance to have a good gallop; it couldn’t have gone any better,” said Dutton, the winner of the Prep Event with Mighty Nice on a score of 48.2.

The fabulous setting and the near perfect weather also provided an opportunity for friends and supporters to gather for a VIP dinner/reception raising some $87,000 for the team.

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Rebecca McCabe sang the National Anthem

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In other horsey news…the 13th Annual Junior North American Field Hunter Championship is right around the corner.

This event is designed for junior riders, 18 and under, on fox hunting ponies or appropriate hunting horses. The goal is to feature the junior rider and their pony or horse; the fox hunting mount and its proper turnout is important, but their suitability for the young rider is foremost.

They have a Northern and Southern Region, each with five hunts where the rom our golfing friends over in juniors can qualify for the championship.

Warrenton, Middleburg Life has Judges will be present at each of these meets learned that The Boys and Girls and those children qualifying will be invited Club of Fauquier is partnering to the finals on Sunday, November 9 at the with the Salute Military Golf Cheshire Hunt in Pennsylvania. Contact Association to host the 2014 Golf Marion Chungo for details: mchungo@aol.

Tournament for Our Children and Our Warcom , 540-220-7292. riors on September 19 at the Stonewall Golf More horse news….this just in from Club in Gainesville. Proceeds from the tourna- our friends at BOWA (http://www.bowa.com), ment will be divided equally to benefit each the award-winning residential remodeling organization. and construction firm specializing in luxury

Attention racing fans… The $500,000 additions and renovations…They will sponsor West Virginia Breeders’ Classic will highlight a horse Casalino and rider Sean McQuillan as nine-race program worth a total of $1,280,000 candidates for U.S. Three Day eventing team at in stakes purses when Hollywood Casino the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, at Charles Town Races hosts West Virginia Brazil. The award-winning duo was recently Breeders’ Classics XXVIII on Saturday, Octoselected to participate in the U.S. Equestrian Team’s new Elite Rider program.

The program is made up of carefully selected horse and rider teams that are viable candidates for future Olympic Games, World Championships, and Pan-Am Games. Casalino and McQuillan are one of the less than 50 horse and rider teams in the U.S. entered into this program.

“True to our Virginia roots in horse country, we are so excited to show our If you are missing some keys, you might want to stop at the support and appreciation post office lost and found. for this thrilling equestrian Photo by Leonard Shapiro sport,” said Tim Burch,

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who heads BOWA’s Middleburg offices. “We wish Casalino and Sean the best of luck as they hope to head to Rio in 2016.”

Burch is a native Virginian and graduate of James Madison University, with strong ties in the rural communities of Northern Virginia. He currently lives in Fauquier County with his wife and three children and is an active member of the community. He serves on the Board of Building Appeals for Fauquier County, the Board of Directors for the Partnership for Warrenton Foundation as well as on the Board of Directors of Fauquier County Habitat for Humanity and on the current Advisor Board for Mosby Heritage Area Association. BOWA is one of five owner groups sponsoring Casalino and McQuillian and plans to attend official U.S. Team functions in support of the team.

This just in…get ready for the racing season in Middleburg. The 60th anniversary edition of the Virginia Fall Races will take place at Glenwood Park on Saturday, October 4. A new slate of officials includes: President - Ann Charlotte Cahill, Race Director - Will O’Keefe; Vice-President - Julie GomenaBonnie; Treasurer - Punkin Lee; Secretary -

Early AM And whom did Louise Chapman run into one early morning on Nantucket? Why of course, our favorite Morning Joe Scarborough.

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The residential experience has been held in a rustic setting in West Virginia’s eastern mountains since 1963. Each year, the camp selects a unique site where the children can experience hands-on science. This year, they selected Ayrshire in Upperville and Dave Stephen spoke with the campers and explained the science behind organic, sustainable and humane farming.

Homecoming

Graduated Elizabeth Cotter, the daughter of Martha and Denis Cotter, just graduated from the United States Naval Academy and will be posted to Yokosuka, Japan. She will be stationed on…wait for it… the USS Blue Ridge. And in the small-world department, we wanted to note that Mary Ann Withers dad, the late Admiral George Schick, was the commander of the Blue Ridge! Alee, anchor’s aweigh and carry on.

National Sporting Library & Museum Timber Classic.

Tony Peccatiello, formerly of Middleburg and more recently of New York City, has a start up company called Pyne, an iOS app that allows people to quickly write questions and send them to their friends or the Pyne community.

At the end of the day, life is full of questions and clear answers are hard to come by. Every day people look for opinions from their friends and family, but contacting specific people is time consuming. Pyne elegantly allows people to ask and answer questions in a quick and simple method. Check it out on the iTunes app store or at www.getpyne.com

Congrats to Catherine Smylie McGehee, who has been named head of school at Foxcroft, the school’s chairman of the board of trustees, Reggie Groves, announced recently.

McGehee, who had served as the Director of the Upper School at St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, succeeds Mary Louise Leipheimer, who is retiring after 25 years at the helm.

McGehee has spent the past 18 years at St. Catherine’s as Director of the Upper School, chair of the School’s English Department (K-12) and an English teacher. She also has been a

presenter at the National Coalition of Girls Schools and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and lectured at the University of Richmond. McGehee holds a Bachelor of Science in English from Vanderbilt University and master’s degrees in English and educational leadership and policy studies from the College of William and Mary and the University of Richmond, respectively.

Elizabeth Tobey and Federica Brunori Deigan have prepared the first modern edited English translation of Federico Grisone’s Gli ordini di cavalcare (The Rules of Riding) originally published in 1550. The Ordini, which should interest Renaissance scholars and equestrians, includes an introductory essay, a glossary of equestrian terms, and the transcription of the 1550 Italian first edition. The Ordini codified a half-century of oral tradition of teaching this art and was a best seller and a welcome aid in educating noblemen at European courts in the art of the manège. Tobey, of Greenbelt, initiated the translation while a John H. Daniels Fellow at the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg. n

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TTENTION all Middleburg “Culture Vultures:” New York City beckons and is in full swing. The city’s concerts, sparkling waterfront and rooftop parties are beckoning. NYC’s five boroughs shine: Hit up the rides and games at Coney Island’s Luna Park, hunt for unique finds at Brooklyn Flea or stroll down the High Line sampling delicious bites from local vendors.

The Big Apple’s famous sights and sounds are more easily attainable than ever without the cost, stress or nuisance of air, train or car travel. BestBus (formerly DC2NY) is announcing a new route servicing Northern Virginia to New York, NY.

The popular bus provider’s newest route now departs Manassas to NYC.

BestBus tells Middleburg Life of two new benefits for its loyal Virginia customer base: the new Manassas stop is conveniently located in the commuter parking lot on Cushing Road near the OmniridePRTC stop, offering plenty of free parking and easy access to I-66. In addition, the company’s current service via two stops in Virginia on a Thursday-Monday schedule is expanding to daily operations.

With the addition of the Manassas Park & Ride stop there is now daily service between Manassas, the Vienna/FairfaxGMU and the Franconia/Springfield Metro Stops in Virginia and New York City. Depending on traffic and weather conditions, the trip takes between four and five hours and—The Very Best News--the cost is $33 one way. Public parking located near the stop makes this new departure location ideal for VA residents.

Did we mention the free WiFi internet, coaches feature reclining seats with foot rests, multiple flat screen video monitors with a DVD player, power outlets for electronics at every seat, clean lavatories and complimentary bottled water, to ensure passengers arrive in comfort and style. Find routes, FAQs and reserve your ticket online at BestBus.com.

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Pastor Tony J. Craddock Sr. of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Rectortown hosted a packed house for homecoming recently.

The morning service had Pastor Dr. Carroll A. Baltimore Sr. speaking and the evening service guest speaker was Rev. Gregory L. Spurlock Sr., pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Sterling. Photo

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he Windy Hill Foundation recently opened 98 work force housing units at Shreveport Ridge Apartments in Brambleton. Among those attending were: Steve Schulte (Brambleton), Ed Delany (Capital One), Janet Clarke (Loudoun County Supervisor), Joe Boling (Windy Hill Foundation), Kim Hart (Windy Hill Foundation), Bob Margolis (TM Associates), Jim Chandler (VHDA), Adam Stockmaster (TM .Associates), Kimmel Cameron (Hudson Housing), Jared Willcox (Lemay Erickson Willcox), Dave Miller (Harkins Builders) and Spencer Lepler (Lemay Erickson Wilcox).

Windy Hill Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, has been providing workforce housing for more than 30 years. Last year, the organization won the Governor of Virginia’s Housing Award for “Best Affordable Housing Energy Conservation Effort.” Windy Hill Foundation’s partner, T.M. Associates of Bethesda, also participated in the event. The apartment complex is certified “green” and is 100 percent geothermal, saving resident families significant utility costs.

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mily Day does not really need this job, running a White Post farm devoted exclusively and lovingly to the tender care and feeding of 91 Thoroughbred race horses retired from tracks in Virginia, Maryland West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

After all, she and her husband, Jimmy Day, a renowned former jockey, now train 18 race horses themselves on their 123-acre farm not far from the 500-acre property these four-legged pensioners now occupy. She’s on the board of the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, is president of nearby Millwood Country Club and also has two sons and four dogs.

But Day loves the idea of finding a permanent home for these equine athletes, many of whom were forced to the sidelines because of advanced age or non life-threatening injuries.

Sadly, around the country, many Thoroughbreds suffer a far worse fate—abuse, neglect and, in the ultimate worst case scenario, an ignominious death in a slaughterhouse.

In 1983, one race horse owner, Monique Koehler, decided to do something about it. She started the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) and began raising money. An early gift from the Paul Mellon Foundation provided a significant boost, and the foundation still contributes on a yearly basis.

Emily Day and Aimee Leach, her hardworking assistant farm manager, are both under contract to the TRF. The White Post farm is owned by the family of Edwin “Butch” Eastham, a long-time horseman who also rallied to the TRF cause eight years ago. He’s a frequent presence, bush-hogging the fields, mending fences and providing hay.

“I’ve been around horses all my life,” he said.

“The TRF is a great organization, and this seemed like the right thing to do.”

Day signed on six months ago. She’d known Eastham forever and was aware he was about to change the farm’s management. The daughter of a Unionville, Pa., veterinarian, Matthew MackaySmith, she’s also been around horse sports since childhood--fox hunting, show jumping, steeplechase riding and polo at the University of Virginia.

“There’s not a horse sport I don’t like,” she said.

“I was a horse crazy girl my whole life.”

She clearly was a perfect fit for the Saratoga, N.Y.-based TRF, which now oversees 921 retired horses in facilities from California to Vermont.

Some horses are assigned to correctional insti-

tutions, where inmates take care of them, a rehabilitation process that works wonderfully for both man, woman and Thoroughbred.

“I’ve learned so much in six months about working with herds of horses,” Day said. “I’ve never realized how loving many of these horses are. They’re coddled. We look at them every day, every one of them. We do it the morning and again in the evening, when we take a head count.

They live out on the land, and they love it.”

The White Post farm uses three different horse trimmers, three blacksmiths and a number of area veterinarians. Many donate time and services or offer them at a reduced rate, and Day said other volunteers are always welcome.

Leach, she added, has been the greatest help of all, also thoroughly dedicated to the task. In their daily inspections, the horses are looked at head to toe for cuts, scratches, insect bites and possible injuries. They live in the fields year-round, with run-in sheds and other shelter available all around.

“They’re living the way horses were meant to live,” Day said. “And once they get used to it (a process that takes about six months to a year) they are very happy.”

Day is very passionate on the importance of the racing industry to step up and do the right thing for horses that no longer can run competitively.

She knows the TRF only cares for a minuscule percentage of the retired Thoroughbred population and she’s adamant that much more must be done.

“I love racing and I don’t want to bash it,” she said. “The horses do it well and they enjoy it. But the industry has to look at what happens after the four or five years most of them are racing.

Some of our horses out here are 26, 27 years old.

We need to consider this as a part of the industry and not someone else’s problem.”

The TRF farm is now at capacity, with another 11 horses living at a nearby farm. Occasionally, the count is reduced by adoption. Recent visitors were Ken Falke and his wife Julia, founders of the Boulder Crest retreat for wounded soldiers in Bluemont. They have an open pasture in back of their property and will take two horses for use in an equine therapy program.

“Every horse out there in the field is a wounded warrior, and that’s who they’re going to help,” Day said. “It’s just a wonderful opportunity for these horses to continue to give back.”

Said Falke, “We really fell in love with this farm. I’m just glad to see these wonderful people take care of these horses and not send them to the slaughterhouse. It’s an amazing place.”

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In Memoriam On Sunday July 13, 2014 the music world lost a giant

Maestro Lorin Maazel This brilliant musician and symphony conductor dedicated the last years of his life to developing a foundation at his farm in Rappahannock County to mentor and support talented young musicians, singers, actors and conductors from around the globe.

Many of us have witnessed the wonderful array of musicals and operas with the Castleton Festivals.

May his wonderful legacy to the performing arts be with us through many more Festival years.

C. Fred Kohler

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J. Lynn Cornwell Jr. J. Lynn Cornwell Jr., best known as Lynn, 89, of Middleburg, VA, died July 9, 2014 of longstanding health issues.

Lynn was born November 2, 1924 in Purcellville, VA the son of Jacob Lynnwood Cornwell and Nan Brewster. He attended Lincoln High School, and graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1944. He served his country in Nürnberg, Germany during WWII in the US Army Battery A 3rd armored field artillery battalion and was discharged in 1946.

He married the love of his life, Jean Humphrey, Jan. 21, 1950. He and his late brother, Brewster, continued the operation of the family abattoir in Purcellville, VA from 1959 to 1977. After the close of the family business he continued his business venture in real estate development. He was a very active member in the Loudoun County community; serving as Middleburg Bank Director (1984 – 2008), and Board Member of Leesburg Hospital, and Loudoun County Sanitation Authority. His personal passions ranged from his love of tennis and his involvement as a founding member of the Middleburg Tennis Club, golfing and while at home, his love of family and mowing grass.

He is survived by his loving daughters, Linda Cornwell Wright, of Middleburg, VA and Susan Cornwell, of Parker, CO; grandchildren Emily Holland Warner, (Travis), Ann Thornton Dyer (Kris); and great-grandchild Isabelle Blackburn Warner.

Friends and community members are welcome to attend the grave-side service, to be held on Sunday July 13th at 3:30 p.m. at Sharon Cemetery, behind the Baptist Church on Federal Drive, Middleburg, VA. Immediately following will be a celebration of life reception, location to be announced at service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Middleburg Humane Society: P.O. Box 1238, Middleburg, VA 20118.

p.m. and reservations can be made at 540-687-3123.

Don’t forget to check out the next Art@ thePinkBoxPark outdoor art show from 1-6 p.m. on August 16. Yes, it’s at the Pink Box at 12 N. Madison St. in Middleburg and is free and open to the public. Shows also are scheduled on Sept. 20 and Oct. 18. For more information, go to middleburgarts.org.

If aquatics float your boat, don’t miss the Middleburg Community Center’s showing of the movie “Finding Nemo” on Friday, August 15.

They’re combining the film with a chance to dip in the pool, as well, otherwise known as a Dive In Movie, ba da boom!!!!

The Mt. Defiance Cidery & Distillery opens this month in the formerly vacant Middleburg building that once housed the old BP service station.

The plan is to make up to 2,000 gallons of cider a month, for sipping on site or in bottles to take away.

For more information, contact Marc Chretien at marc-chretien@msn.com.

The Middleburg Business & Profesional Association will host two workshops at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church Parish House on August 19. The first, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., is called the “TEAM Eventacular about towns, events and merchants partnering for profits.” The second session, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will be “Grow your business with your marketing tool kit.” Both sessions are free.

For a sixth straight year, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is partnering with the West Virginia affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation to present the Race for the Ribbon on Saturday, Sept. 20 to benefit breast cancer research. The Race for the Ribbon along with a showcase of 12 other races will total $850,000 in stakes purses for the day. The night is headlined by the track’s second ever graded race, the $500,000 Charles Town Oaks (G3) for three-year-old fillies.

The Charles Town Oaks stands even with the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga on the list of the richest sprints for three-year-old fillies in the country.

And don’t forget the Middleburg Farmers Market ever Saturday starting at 9 a.m. in the parking lot across the road from behind the Community Center. n

R. Moses Thompson May 24, 1948 – July 23, 2014

R. Moses Thompson, a vibrant and much admired member of the Middleburg community for the last 23 years, a loving father and husband and the founder and president of the consulting firm, Maizemoor International, Inc., died on July 23, 2014 after an accidental fall in his home in Marshall.

Mr. Thompson had lived in New York City, Reston, and Washington before moving to the Middleburg area in 1991. He was an avid rider with the Orange County Hounds, was an expert skier and an accomplished mountain-climber who reached the summits of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. McKinley as well as the final base camp on Mt. Everest.

Over the years he ran marathons, taught sailing and enjoyed whitewater rafting and fly-fishing.

He played five musical instruments--the guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano and violin--and was fluent in French, Portuguese and German. He was a skilled vintner and a prolific writer whose articles appeared in Covertside, a magazine specializing in foxhunting.

Professionally, Mr. Thompson had over three decades of international management experience working with the governments of developing nations. He was most known for his work on program development and strategy in the areas of agriculture, education, water quality, environment, health, infrastructure and legal and judicial reform.

Much of Mr. Thompson’s work was through the World Bank and USAID, with his most recent assignments for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Islamic Development Bank and the Government of Ghana.

Mr. Thompson was born on May 24, 1948 in Trenton, N.J. His parents, Thomas Marshall

Thompson and Ruth Elizabeth Thompson, were both Baptist ministers. Mr. Thompson grew up in Gardner, MA where he was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1970, studied literature and history at University College in Nairobi, Kenya, and earned a Masters degree from the Harvard Divinity School in 1974.

After Harvard, Mr. Thompson traveled extensively in Africa and Europe and lived in Alaska, France and Portugal. In 1978, he began international development work with Crossroads Africa, which led him to found Team Technologies Inc., a development and technology company.

Mr. Thompson was a director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) -Namibia, the Smithsonian Centers for Research Conservation Fund (CRCF) and The President’s Committee for the Arts and the Humanities. He also served on the vestry of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of twenty years, Holli Perone Thompson, a son, Nathanael Ormsby Nikolai Thompson (14), of Marshall, a daughter, Tara Amira Lynne Thompson (29) of Potomac Falls, VA; a sister, Karen Elizabeth Higgens of Ellington, CT, and a brother, Donald Webster Thompson, Sr. of Indian Trail, NC. Donations in memory of Moses Thompson for his love of music and education may be made to: Washington Performing Arts, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036 (202-533-1888), Eaglebrook School Alumni and Development Office, PO Box 7, Deerfield, MA 01342 and Trinity Church of Upperville, VA, 9108 John S Mosby Hwy, Upperville, VA 20184.

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